Armfield Academy
Ofsted: Good
Score
D41
- Type
- Free schools
- Phase
- All-through
- Location
- Blackpool, FY4 1TL
- Distance
- 0.8km away
South Shore Academy
St Annes Road, Blackpool, FY4 2AR
Local ranking8th of 8 secondary schools in Blackpool
Ofsted: InadequateUpdated— score data refreshed 15 October 2026
Secondary
Phase
985
Capacity
11-16
Age range
Mixed
Gender
Latest data: 2026 GCSEs · Ofsted inspection 27 June 2023. Figures last updated .
School history and status
Continues from South Shore Academy (URN 140021) since 1 October 2024. Results, demographics and trends from before then are that school's, shown here so the record is unbroken.
Year:
GCSE Results
2025-26- Average Attainment 8
- 34.4 nat46.2
- Grade 5+ Eng & Maths
- 25.2% nat46.3%
- Grade 4+ Eng & Maths
- 45.0% nat64.8%
- Cohort Size
- 111
Destinations
After GCSE 2024-25
- Sustained education/employment
- 67.0%
- Continued in education
- 60.0%
- Apprenticeships
- 2.0%
- Employment
- 5.0%
- Not sustained
- 20.0%
Pupil Demographics
2024-25- Total Pupils
- 576
- Boys
- 306 (56%)
- Girls
- 244 (44%)
- Capacity
- 985 (56% full)
- SEND
- 26.0%
- FSM Eligible
- 63.5%
- EAL
- 18.1%
- SEN with EHC Plan
- 1.9%
- SEN Support
- 24.1%
- Budget per Pupil
- £11,570/yr
*Financial data not available for 2025-26 — showing 2024-25
Attendance & Absence
2024-25*Data not available for 2025-26 — showing latest available results
- Overall Absence Rate
- 12.6% nat6.2%
- Persistent Absence
- 40.9% nat15.8%
Persistent absence: pupils missing 10%+ of sessions.
School Information
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Phase
- Secondary
- Nursery
- No Nursery Classes
- Sixth Form
- Does not have a sixth form
- Boarders
- No boarders
Pupil Ethnicity
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- White British: 81.6%
- White Other: 6.5%
- Other: 3.0%
- Asian Pakistani: 2.1%
- Mixed White & Asian: 1.4%
- Gypsy/Roma: 1.1%
- Asian Indian: 0.9%
- Asian Other: 0.9%
81.6%
White British
6.5%
White Other
3.0%
Other
Historical Trends
GCSE Performance
Pupil Demographics
Attendance & Absence
Contact & Location
St Annes Road
Blackpool, North West
Administrative
- URN
- 151443
- UKPRN
- 10096698
- Establishment No.
- 4007
- Trust
- CIDARI EDUCATION LIMITED
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